Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-07-29
MINI ESO OLA NEWS.

MINI ESQ IA NEWS.
The sheriff Of Pine county shut down tbs
Snake river sCheng dam al Pine
City, thus stopping the sluiciDg through
OF 80, oOO, 900 feet Of logs. The advance
OF this drive was at the dam, and as The
drivers we're about TO open the dam the
sheriff appeared and stopped proceedings.
The legislature OF 1885 PASSED an act ii
the interest OF Pine City, forbidding thu
lrawing OFF the fiowage OF the dam below a
certain point. Il was claimed by the a,,-
thorities OF that city that when the waite,
was below @ certain point it set free
IN unbearable stencil over the city
Henry Coleman is cut in twain by q
passing engine. % - ,i ~
!: Ed McIntee, q prominent farmer o.
Manannah town. was killed by falling from
the window of q hotel. .*'-e, -, g,:as
Last season there was 25O,O bushels
OF wheat marketed at Hutchinson.
nne-third for this season owing to the
drouth. .
At the Northern Pacific Junction, fire
started in the east yard OF Paine Go Is
lumber mill and before it was checked de-
stroyed 1000, 900 feet OF lumber and caus-
ed a loss OF at least $50, 600.
The Rochester Electric Light and Powe,
company has been Incorporated with a
porators are: G. w. Streeter and w. Wal
ter, Rochester: Theodore Woodbury., Port.
land, Me-; Henry c.. Hodgkins. John V.
Clarke and John F. Moffet, Waite, town
N. Y.
At Gaylord, P. F. Thaele & Sons general
store and 0. H. Strenkes hardware store
were burned. Insurance on Thaele e. Son 8
stock, 50, 900; Strenke's insurance, $1,000
on stock.
Henry Sass. OF Dundas, died from sun
stroke.
J. H. Smiths house in Clear Lake was
burned. Loss, $500; insurance $500.
Fl. Myers of Verndale has begun the cree
bard. a ST. 800 Catholic church is to be
built. A weekly newspaper is soon to be
published there.
A violent electric wind and rain storm
passed over Wadena ats o'clock Saturday
the 9Th inst Anew two-story frame build
ing in the centre OF the village owned by
Fred Buhr OF Perham was blown to the
ground. The roof was blown from the house
OF John Cokely, a farmer living two miles
southwest Of the village, and Byron Waits
new house, one mile south OF the village,
was blown down.
The barn OF Thomas Sloan; twelve miles
west OF Redwood Falls, with it's contents,
consisting OF grain, hay and machinery,
was burned. Loss, $1,000.
The most destructive fire ever known in
Waterville, Waseca Co.. occurred at 1880
last Sunday morning the 10th inst, en-.
tirely destroying the furniture factory Of
L. Z. Rogers. The fire originated in the
engine room, and was completely beyond
control when discovered. Besides the fac
tory, O. new finishing room and a. paint
shop, which was completely covered with
iron and considered fire proof was burned.
The loss is $50, 900, with So, 900 insuran ce.
F. B. Netzer, commission merchant at
Saltwater, assigns with $4,000 liabili-
ties.
Fred Tank a well. tod O farmer OF Welch
was thrown from his buggy in Douglas
while on his way to church in New Trier
He lived only five minutes.
At Anoka, the large planning mill, the
OF the Mile Lacs Lumber COM
pany :un by w. Hammons, was fired and
totally destroyed. Loss, $4,000; not in
sured.
Chas. Sellers, one of the commissioners
Of St. Louis county, and of the lumber
firm OF Sellers & Owens, was dangerously
and probably fatally injured by the burst
ing OF the saw in q mill at Tower recently.
The grand lodge of Sons OF Herman was
held at St. Peter. There were eighty rep
'esentatives present, and every lodge in the
state was represented but that of Lake
City. The following officers were elected
Tor the ensuing year: President, Emil
kreuger. Saltwater; vice president, Fl. G.
Miller, St. Peter: secretary, A. Eumann,
St. Paul; treasurer, M. Walter, St. Paul;
Jacob Christ, Red Wing; representatives
10 the national grand lodge, Julius Berndt,
New Ulm; J. G. Haupt, st. Paul; William
Theobold, St. Paul. The next annual meet
ing will be held at Henderson,.
The Indian commissioner directs an ap.
peal from Judge Nelson's decision in
Beaulieu's case. Judge Nelson's decree
held to be contrary to United States su-
preme court decisions.
A suit for divorce in the district court
1t Hastings has been begun by Thomas H.
Rooney against his wife. upon the grounds
Of willful desertion. There ages are forty
eight and thirty-eight years respectively,
and they were married in Worthwhile n.
T., April 8, 1853.
Hastings proposes to bore for gas.
The chamber of commerce at St. Cloud,
man from the southern part of the state
TO put in a Touring mill at once for the
bonus offered by the city. * =
Uy;roro ord AZ ,lo r., ~ &,oo+oa - o,
of chinch bugs, which fill the air
and cover the streets.
At Lake City, Howard Thomson, a I'm
ion soldier in the late War, died OF typhoid
lever.
George Trent. who was ar, ested in Chi
:ago and brought to St. Paul some time
ago on the charge OF forging checks on the
American Express company, was bound
81 900. Trent was station agent at
Stew art, Mimi. ~ --.
A six.year old son OF John O'Malley, a
farmer five miles east Of Tracy, fell in we'll
and was drowned.
While driving from Chatfeld to Dover,
Mr.. and Mrs. Coulson. an old couple, were
thrown from their wagon. Mr.. Coulson
was perhaps fatally and his wife serious.
" injured. 80: 'F5
Senator Sabin OF MINES ota expects to
become the guest OF Charles Wetrous of
N. Y, for trip along the eastern coast in
the yacht Republic. M
Henry Orlemann. the father.in-law OF the
late Hermann Grote, OF st. Paul was APP
pointed special administrator for the
estate ofsthe deceased, who died interstate.
He will be required to give bonds to the
amount Of $50, 900. e. s.s .$55
The case OF the state against George
Baden, Of Minneapolis, for selling beer on
Sunday was determined by q decision OF
the supreme 2, court in favor OF the state.
tons briefly as follows: Under the pro-
] isions oi section 229 Of the penal code,
beer is not one Of the articles permitted to
be publicly sold on Sunday. Under that
section a purchaser is not particeps Grim
inis. Nor does the TACT that he is in pur-
suit Of evidence against persons selling
contrary to the provisions OF the statute